Here's what's in the spending bill that's drawing the ire of Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy

It led to the intervention of Trump-allied conservatives like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, with Musk threatening to support a primary challenge to any Republican member of Congress who voted for the bill. 

The continuing resolution, or CR, was meant to kick the government funding deadline down the road by continuing spending at 2024 levels until March and buy more time for Congress to hash out a longer-term budget plan for fiscal year 2025. But it included 1,500 pages worth of policy and funding riders. 

Here's a look at all the provisions that prompted Musk and Ramaswamy to step in and insist Republicans kill the CR: 

A nearly 4% pay raise would line the pockets of lawmakers if the legislation were to pass: $6,600 extra per year on top of their $174,000 salary.

That salary hasn't been increased since 2009, but Congress created a program in 2022 allowing members of Congress to expense their food and lodging in Washington, D.C., while conducting official business. 

Some members have been pushing for a pay raise for years, arguing that if members aren't paid more it means that only independently wealthy people will run for Congress. Others are worried about the optics of a pay raise with voters. 

Still, others just don't think lawmakers deserve it. 

"The worst part of the CR was the pay raise for members. That money should be earned and right now it is just being taken," said Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., on X.

The legislation also includes a provision stipulating that members of Congress do not have to participate in the health care system they wrote into law - the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare.

It would allow members to opt out of the program and instead participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. The lawmaker mandate was a contentious debate during the passage of ObamaCare in 2009 and 2010, and for years Republicans tried to overturn the health care bill entirely. 

While the CR would exempt members from having to buy health care on the ObamaCare exchange, it would still require their staff to participate in it.  

Some $100 billion for disaster relief was included, but some conservatives argue it should be paid for by cutting funding in other areas. 

The CR includes $8 billion for rebuilding the Baltimore area bridge, which collapsed earlier this year. Some conservatives don't believe the federal government should be on the hook entirely for the bridge. 

"Guess what, folks? Even though the Francis Scott Key Bridge is privately owned, insured, and collects tolls, you still have the honor of footing 100% of the bill to have it repaired. Oh, and it will continue to collect tolls once it's fixed," Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., wrote on X. 

The plan would allow year-round sales of gasoline with ethanol up to 15%, a major win for the corn and ethanol lobbies. Currently, sales of E15 are blocked from June through September due to the high level of emissions it produces.

Opposition to the E15 mandate is seemingly a more regional debate than ideological - Southern Republicans from oil-producing states want to protect pure gasoline. Agricultural states want to protect farmers and their subsidies. 

"They are a threat to our democracy," Musk wrote in a subsequent post. 

Although the bill doesn't specify its budget allocation, a previous Inspector General report showed the agency's FY 2020 budget totaled $74.26 million, of which $60 million was appropriated by Congress.

Other seemingly unrelated riders are sprinkled throughout, such as a bill to establish data collection and reporting requirements concerning composting and recycling programs, and a bill related to transparency of hotel fees.